a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, graduated from Trinity College, Hart ford, Conn., in 1837, and taught there for several years. In 1858 he was made president of Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y., and also held the starting professorship of the evidences of Christianity. In 1867 he removed to Hartford, Connecticut, becoming president of Trinity College, where he was also Hobart professor of ethics and metaphysics, and continued in that position until his death, April 19, 1874, aged sixty-three years. In 1873 he was deputy from his diocese to the General Convention, and was one of the standing committee in 1871. See Prot. Episc. Almanac, 1875, page 144.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More